Sir Henry James, in his address to the Union Club
on Tuesday, dwelt with great- power 'cel the dangers involved in the Catholic Archbishop Logue's explicit claim to dictate authoritatively to Irish voters how they ought to vote in Irish elections. The Archbishop of Armagh bolds that the grace given to the clergy of his Church for the due performance of priestly duties, itself qualifies the priesthood to teach their flocks how they ought to vote ; and he even goes so far as to say that, while the priests are fortified with this special grace, the laity have no special guidance except that which " worldly prudence" may give them. That is, we venture to say, a very mistaken account of the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church itself, and, of course, it gave Sir Henry James a great advantage in illustrating the awkward predicament in which the Gladstonians must find themselves when they have either to disclaim their episcopal Irish allies at such a juncture as this, or to lend their countenance to so monstrous a sacerdotal claim.
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